Lithuania's support to Ukraine can only increase, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Tuesday.
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Over the last two months, Russia has reportedly sent up to 15 thousand soldiers to Ukraine. At least several hundred of them were killed in action, according an NGO exposing wrongs committed by Russia's armed forces.
The Ukrainian Embassy in Lithuania has published information proving that the Ukrainian state border and airspace have been violated by Russia's Armed Forces and that the positions of Ukrainian troops and border guards as well as civilian settlements have been under fire and shelling from the Russia...
A protest action was held outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius at noon on Friday to show disapproval of the country's military aggression in Ukraine.
Member of the European Parliament Valentinas Mazuronis has addressed his colleagues in the European Parliament in an open letter. The Lithuanian representative has called to apply maximum sanctions against Russia, to impose a full embargo on its military weapons without any exceptions and to provide...
Russia should admit that it is directly taking part of the conflict in East Ukraine, Urmas Paet, the Estonian Foreign Minister, said Thursday.
Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk says Russian troops are now on Ukrainian soil.
In the contested Ukrainian city of Donetsk, the evidence of yet more heavy shelling is everywhere.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius held a meeting of ministers on Friday to address possible challenges for national security arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
If the international community fails to make a strong response to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, Moscow may take another step, Lithuania's representative at the United Nations Security Council Raimonda Murmokaitė said on Thursday.
The West should respond to Russia's direct military invasion in Ukraine by continued stronger sanctions, but the most efficient language should be "from the position of force," says Lithuania's Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas.
The United Nations Security Council is holding a meeting on Thursday to address the situation in Ukraine, as requested by Lithuania, spokeswoman for the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry confirmed to BNS.
Russian forces have invaded Ukraine and are advancing in several directions, according to Zoryan Shkiryak, adviser to the minister of the interior of Ukraine.
